US EditionCanada announces $1B for Global Fund to fight infectious diseases
Canada commits over $1 billion from 2027-2029 to combat AIDS, tuberculosis, and malaria in poorest countries, continuing support since 2002 despite a $190 million reduction from last pledge.
- Today in Johannesburg, Cindy Termorshuizen announced Canada's three‑year pledge of just over $70 billion to the Global Fund for 2027–2029.
- The Global Fund targets AIDS, tuberculosis and malaria, and Canada has backed it since 2002, establishing a long-term partnership to fight these diseases.
- Programs supported by the Global Fund supply mosquito nets and treatments to vulnerable populations in the world's poorest countries at the fund's eighth replenishment summit in Johannesburg held alongside the G20.
- The ONE Campaign criticized Canada's pledge reduction, noting it is $190 million lower than the $70 billion UAE investment promise, calling it `a sharp break`.
- Published Nov. 21, 2025, Canada pledges just over $1 billion to the Global Fund for 2027–2029 during the G20, with the report noting the timing of the pledge.
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“We have to show that solidarity and collective action can be more than division.” They were the words of South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, host of the Global Fund meeting held on Friday in Johannesburg, at which the funds that the entity will have during the period 2027-2029 to bend malaria, tuberculosis and AIDS were announced.
Canada will contribute $190 million less over three years to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
Global Fund raises $11 billion to fight AIDS, TB and malaria
JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) -The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria raised $11.34 billion at a funding summit in Johannesburg on Friday, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa said, below its target of $18 billion for work from 2027-2029. (Reporting by Nellie Peyton; Editing by Aidan Lewis)
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